Re: Bison 1.30f

[Magnus Fromreide]

Yes, C++ do have all advantages that you are mentioning.

The problem people do have with your ideas is that bison is a tool that
generates C output.

If you want to have a bison that genrates code adapted for the variety of
C++ you are using then I suppose you could get that by means of some flag
machinery but in the default case I think that bison should target C89 for
some years to come. If there should be any secondary target languages then
I think C99 is a good candidate.

Compatibility with other YACC implementations is a secondary but still
important goal.

Compatibility with RATFOR is somewhat important but not enough to make
anybody notice it. (Historically yacc could generate output for RATFOR)

Compatibility with ObjC, C++, Java, Pike, ObjC++, et.c. is a bonus, not a
goal in or by itself.
I would say that there are very few reasons to take any cost in order to
acheive any such compability.

I invite you to generate a pattern file that is written in good C++ but
keep it a separate file from the normal one.
Readability for the default implemntation is important as well!

/MF